between two heartbeats

between two heartbeats

I hold in my breath

waiting for cards to fall

with each passing second

anxiety builds like a storm

waiting to breakout

between two heartbeats

time comes to a standstill

I momentarily lose myself

when the heartbeat returns

life comes crashing back

worries now lost in waves

what am I to you?

am I just a rose

in your garden

to be picked

when my petals

turn dark?

you are the sun

in my blue sky

the light that

warms my skin

and dry my tears

some days

some days fill me

with dread –

mountains of papers

at work

some days fill me

with nostalgia –

lazy Sunday under

a warm sun

some days fill me

with hope –

a text message

confirming a date

but some days

just leave me

empty and drained

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #97-=Filling the Page

lady

brown and white

long floppy ears

with short legs

a hunting dog

you were to be

you became

a pet to me

feeding you

taking walks

in the evenings

then you were

gone into the

forest’s mist

an ending to

my pet days

- Posted for dVerse Open Link Night#259

love was for children

love was for children she told me

I wanted to believe each word

but my heart wouldn’t let me see

love was for children she told me

although my brain fully agreed

what I felt caused boundaries to blur

love was for children she told me

I wanted to believe each word

as we fell

as we fell

into dreams

I knew then

this affair

would be my

undoing

still I took

the leap with

open eyes

hair

when I was young

my hair was thick,

curly and wild 

I often wished it

was tamer with

smooth strands

now that I am older

time and nature

thinning many

of those strands

I often look back

wishing I still had

those thick curls

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #96: Wild Monday